As the title suggests, I just finished making edibles. I've never had one, I've never made them before, and I have no idea what to expect, other than likely passing TF out lol. I've never been much into bud and hadn't smoked in years prior to Thursday.
I have (tremendous) chronic pain and received my MMJ card on Thursday after 2+ years of being on opiates. I bought a high CBD strain called Harle -Tsu, which I've been using along side tinctures during the day, and absolutely love it. Very little head high (which is what I was hoping for) but it does appear to be working pain-wise, despite simultaneously tapering off of opiates.
That said, I've also bought a few strains of (much) higher THC to help with my insomnia and, TBH, to utilize the fact that I can do so. One of which is 31% called Mag Landrace (which I haven't tried yet). I've been using an 80% Northern Lights pen to go to bed and holy shit :-).
Anyway... I know you're supposed to decarb, but I found a brownie recipe by Mario Batali. It calls for 4g. I got a deal on 1/4oz of AAA OG at the dispensary today for $25, which claims 16%, and opted to use it. I figured for my first time I likely wouldn't care about (potentially) tasting the greens since I've never had a decarbed brownie.
The recipe- https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyl...infused-recipe
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TLDR- I have medical card, lots of pain, first time doing/making an edible, and pretty nervous/excited. I know I say a bunch of stupid shit here, so roast away.
AMA. [Reply]
I've actually never used a Volcano. I've got a Silver Surfer, which probably isn't as smooth, but I like the experience. Seems more organic than inhaling from a bag. [Reply]
Originally Posted by el borracho:
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I hear ya and understand. It’s just “one of those songs” ya know...lol [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
I've actually never used a Volcano. I've got a Silver Surfer, which probably isn't as smooth, but I like the experience. Seems more organic than inhaling from a bag.
Oh the bag is totally obnoxious...:-), my friend always makes a super long bag(like three ft) so your walking around the house carrying a giant looking cotton candy bag. But it’s good stuff! [Reply]
I made some 10-15 mg capsules and damn did those work good. It was the easiest thing. Just grind up weed, put weed and coconut oil in Mason jar, then I Sous Vide the mason jar. Can't remember the temp but it's the best way to infuse the thc into oil. You have complete control of the temp and it's impossible to burn it. No need to decarb doing it that way. Plus by making the capsules you can control your dosing way easier than you can by putting it in a brownie. I always thought edibles tasted like shit lol.
But good luck, hope everything goes well. Start out low and give it a bit of time. I used to love those capsules and would love to party on them. It's a complete and totally different high than you get with smoking. Ingesting>>>smoking imo [Reply]
We had a party at our company a couple of weeks ago and we gave away cake doughnuts as party favors. We had a bunch left over, so the next day we went around and gave them to other companies in our building to say hello.
One of the companies makes marijuana candy, so they gave us three marijuana candy bars, which are now in our company kitchen as a snack. That seems odd, but whatever.
But here's my dilemma. I've never had or used marijuana. I've been tempted to try the candy bars, but I've got a 50+ year streak of being drug free. I'm not sure that I'm interested in breaking that streak.
As a caveat, my wife says that there's no marijuana in the candy bars and that it's only THC or some such thing. But the label says that it contains marijuana, so I'm skeptical.
I'm a little concerned too that I would have the same experience that Jim Ignatowski had.
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
I made some 10-15 mg capsules and damn did those work good. It was the easiest thing. Just grind up weed, put weed and coconut oil in Mason jar, then I Sous Vide the mason jar. Can't remember the temp but it's the best way to infuse the thc into oil. You have complete control of the temp and it's impossible to burn it. No need to decarb doing it that way. Plus by making the capsules you can control your dosing way easier than you can by putting it in a brownie. I always thought edibles tasted like shit lol.
But good luck, hope everything goes well. Start out low and give it a bit of time. I used to love those capsules and would love to party on them. It's a complete and totally different high than you get with smoking. Ingesting>>>smoking imo
Hmmm...yes, capsules are great, but what you are saying doesn't make sense.
If you don't decarb it, then the THC isn't active, which means you would need to heat it up during consumption (like bowl/joint or vaporizer).
If you don't do that, it really won't do much, if anything at all. So yeah, I'm a little confused by your comment here.
The easiest way to do this is to put 1 oz of material in a crock pot with 4 cups of coconut oil on low heat. There is coconut oil that will remain liquid, and also the kind that hardens up. You can use whichever you prefer, but coconut oil is best because of the high fat, which absorbs the THC.
If you don't decarb, you can leave it sit for 6 - 8 hours (or however long you want to make it a little stronger). Stir it every hour or so. It actually will decarb during the first couple of hours this way.
If you do decarb it, then the whole process will be much quicker because you can have it in the crock pot for a couple of hours and get the same affect, or again, leave it a little longer for a little stronger.
To strain, use an old t-shirt that you cut a large piece out of, or a rag that's thin so you can see the tiny holes in it. Lay it inside a large bowl so it lines the inside of the bowl, and then carefully poor the oil into the bowl. Pull the sides of the shirt piece up all around, and then you lift it up and see most of the oil fall right through. Then you can twist it up really tight and squeeze as much as possible out of the material.
Best to use a bowl with a pouring spout on it, and then you can easily poor back into the original oil bottle. You'll see you didn't lose much in the process.
At this point it should be a dark green, almost black, and you'll know you did things right.
Put the material in the Ardent, and let it sit for about an hour.
Then put it in the Magical butter with your butter/oil/alcohol/vegetable glycerin, push the matching button, and wait another couple of hours.
You can easily make butter, oil for cooking or capsules, or tinctures for gummies or just to consume directly.
Also, side tip, if you use your oven for decarb and/or a regular crock pot this will stink up the whole house for a couple of days. Using the Ardent and MagicalButter will avoid that.
Originally Posted by DRU:
Hmmm...yes, capsules are great, but what you are saying doesn't make sense.
Also, side tip, if you use your oven for decarb and/or a regular crock pot this will stink up the whole house for a couple of days. Using the Ardent and MagicalButter will avoid that.
The only time I ever tried edibles was when I had a medical card and bought it from a medical shop, what a rip off. $30 for a brownie that didn't really get me high. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
We had a party at our company a couple of weeks ago and we gave away cake doughnuts as party favors. We had a bunch left over, so the next day we went around and gave them to other companies in our building to say hello.
One of the companies makes marijuana candy, so they gave us three marijuana candy bars, which are now in our company kitchen as a snack. That seems odd, but whatever.
But here's my dilemma. I've never had or used marijuana. I've been tempted to try the candy bars, but I've got a 50+ year streak of being drug free. I'm not sure that I'm interested in breaking that streak.
As a caveat, my wife says that there's no marijuana in the candy bars and that it's only THC or some such thing. But the label says that it contains marijuana, so I'm skeptical.
I'm a little concerned too that I would have the same experience that Jim Ignatowski had.
What's interesting about that video is there is a very young Tom Hanks on it too... Maybe you are too stoned to notice...:-) [Reply]
